Governor vetoing hundreds of bills

Arnold Schwarzenegger is vetoing hundreds of bills passed at the end of the 2007-2008 legislative session, many of them with little rhyme or reason and with a generic veto message, at a record clip of 47.8% of those sent to him in September.California Progress report.

This has occurred in the five days starting on last Wednesday in the telescoped time frame the Governor has to act, with many vetoes occurring at obscure times, such as the announcement made Friday evening 6:54 p.m.--in middle of Presidential debate of 27 vetoes and what some have dubbed the "Saturday Night Massacre" announcement of 99 bills being signed and 95 being vetoed. This was then exceeded last night with an announcement of signatures approving 64 bills and vetoes of 131.